I think Doug has it right, very worn Summer Azure. Bart Jones Memphis, Shelby County From: douglas_downs@xxxxxxxxxxx To: s137@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: Blandest butterfly this year Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 21:22:06 -0500 Doug, Faint markings and size (slightly larger than Eastern Tailed-Blue) suggest to me a very worn Summer Azure. However, I am hardly an expert on these things. Would love to see some suggestions from others. Doug Downs Sparta, White County, TN > From: s137@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Blandest butterfly this year > Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 21:59:09 -0400 > > This thoroughly unremarkable butterfly was shot in northern Claiborne County > on August 8. It's a bit larger than an Eastern tailed-blue. This was in a > forested area by a stream (bad light for photos, grr). > > I'll withhold my guess for now. Is this just a very worn individual of an > otherwise easily recognizable species? > > http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/ae204/DougLepidoptera/Drab_1_poor_light.jpg > http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/ae204/DougLepidoptera/Drab_2_poor_light.jpg > > Doug Bruce > Oak Ridge > Anderson Co., TN > > The FAQ can be found by logging in at > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=tn-butterflies > > Please report any abuse or questions about this list to: > kjchilds@xxxxxxxxxx > > Users can unsubscribe from this list by sending email to > tn-butterflies-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' > in the Subject field. > Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. Try Bing now. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=PID23391::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HYGN_faster:082009